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| − | '''Stuart Chase''' was a socialist economist who coined the phrase "[[New Deal]]" and was an advisor to [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/17/nyregion/stuart-chase-97-coined-phrase-a-new-dea.html |title=STUART CHASE, 97; COINED PHRASE 'A NEW DEAL' |work=New York Times |date=1985 |quote=He was one of the last surviving members of the small group of advisers who helped President Roosevelt shape the New Deal. }}</ref> In the early 20's he was treasurer for the [[League for Industrial Democracy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/challengeofwaste00chas |title=The challenge of waste |work=Stuart Chase |date=1922 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DfHNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA161 |title=Counter Attack on Reaction Organized - Research Group to Aid Labor - Wants Production for Use Not Profit |work=Machinists' Monthly |date=1922 }}</ref> | + | '''Stuart Chase''' was a socialist economist who coined the phrase "[[New Deal]]" and was an advisor to [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/17/nyregion/stuart-chase-97-coined-phrase-a-new-dea.html |title=STUART CHASE, 97; COINED PHRASE 'A NEW DEAL' |work=New York Times |date=1985 |quote=He was one of the last surviving members of the small group of advisers who helped President Roosevelt shape the New Deal. }}</ref> |
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| | ==Early Life== | | ==Early Life== |
| | Chase was born March 8, 1888, in New Hampshire. He was the son of Harvey S. and Aaronette Rowe Chase. He was educated at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], [[Harvard University]], earning a B.S. degree in accountancy.<ref name=biography>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ojlMAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA72 |title=Who's who in the Nation's Capital |work=Consolidated Publishing Company |date=1921 }}</ref> | | Chase was born March 8, 1888, in New Hampshire. He was the son of Harvey S. and Aaronette Rowe Chase. He was educated at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], [[Harvard University]], earning a B.S. degree in accountancy.<ref name=biography>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ojlMAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA72 |title=Who's who in the Nation's Capital |work=Consolidated Publishing Company |date=1921 }}</ref> |
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| − | ==Entry into the Bureaucracy== | + | ===Radicalism=== |
| | + | While at university, Chase founded the Fabian Club of Chicago<ref name=biography>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2v9aAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA14 |title=The Intercollegiate Socialist, Volume 7 |date=1918 }}</ref> and was an officer in the [[Intercollegiate Socialist Society]].<ref name=biography>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gERWAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA31 |title=The Intercollegiate Socialist, Volume 6 |date=1917 }}</ref> |
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| | + | ==Career== |
| | + | ===Entry into the Bureaucracy=== |
| | In 1917 he was appointed to investigate the meat packing industry at the [[Federal Trade Commission]].<ref name=biography /> | | In 1917 he was appointed to investigate the meat packing industry at the [[Federal Trade Commission]].<ref name=biography /> |
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| | + | In the early 20's he was treasurer for the [[League for Industrial Democracy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/challengeofwaste00chas |title=The challenge of waste |work=Stuart Chase |date=1922 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DfHNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA161 |title=Counter Attack on Reaction Organized - Research Group to Aid Labor - Wants Production for Use Not Profit |work=Machinists' Monthly |date=1922 }}</ref> He also developed an interest in [[Technocracy]] joined the Technical Alliance. |
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| | + | ==Ideology== |
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| | In his book ''The Road We Are Traveling'', Chase listed these 18 items:<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chase|first1=Stuart|title=The Road We Are Traveling 1914-1942|date=1942|publisher=The Twentieth Century Fund|location=New York|pages=95-96}}</ref> | | In his book ''The Road We Are Traveling'', Chase listed these 18 items:<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chase|first1=Stuart|title=The Road We Are Traveling 1914-1942|date=1942|publisher=The Twentieth Century Fund|location=New York|pages=95-96}}</ref> |
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